Detroit pays $300,000 to Robert Williams for wrongful facial recognition arrest and updates protocol to reduce reliance on the technology.
Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to Robert Williams, who was wrongly accused of theft based on facial recognition technology. The settlement includes changes to how police use facial recognition in Detroit, with the city prohibiting arrests based solely on facial recognition results and not making arrests based on photo lineups generated from facial recognition searches. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative at University of Michigan law school argue that the technology is flawed and racially biased.
June 28, 2024
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